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Fulminant Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome After Calcineurin Inhibitor-belatacept Conversion in a Lung Transplant Recipient

Authors :
Aurélie Cazes
Olivier Brugière
Yves Castier
Marie-Pierre Debray
Vincent Bunel
Bruno Crestani
Laure Champion
Pierre Mordant
Gilles Jebrak
Gabriel Thabut
Lila Bouadma
Gisèle Mourin
Brice Lortat-Jacob
Gaëlle Dauriat
Hervé Mal
Sylvain Jean-Baptiste
Deborah Sroussi
Source :
Transplantation. 102:e255-e256
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2018.

Abstract

Belatacept is increasingly used in lung transplant (LTx) recipients intolerant to calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs), with satisfactory outcome.1 We describe a case of fatal acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that developed in a single LTx recipient after starting a belatacept-based immunosuppres

Details

ISSN :
00411337
Volume :
102
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Transplantation
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....54925000ab035f2ab11689210681e90a